Triple

T243093
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William J. Brennan Jr. E4974 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object opinion in Texas v. Johnson
The opinion in Texas v. Johnson is the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that held flag burning is protected speech under the First Amendment.
E31051 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: opinion in Texas v. Johnson | Statement: [William J. Brennan Jr., notableWork, opinion in Texas v. Johnson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: opinion in Texas v. Johnson
Context triple: [William J. Brennan Jr., notableWork, opinion in Texas v. Johnson]
  • A. Employment Division v. Smith
    Employment Division v. Smith is a landmark 1990 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed protections for religious practices under the Free Exercise Clause by upholding the enforcement of neutral, generally applicable laws even when they incidentally burden religion.
  • B. South Dakota v. Dole
    South Dakota v. Dole is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to condition federal highway funds on states adopting a minimum drinking age of 21, helping define the scope of the federal spending power.
  • C. United States v. Lopez
    United States v. Lopez is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that marked the first time in decades the Court struck down a federal law for exceeding Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause, signaling a revival of limits on federal regulatory authority.
  • D. Printz v. United States
    Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
  • E. DeBoer v. Snyder
    DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: opinion in Texas v. Johnson
Triple: [William J. Brennan Jr., notableWork, opinion in Texas v. Johnson]
Generated description
The opinion in Texas v. Johnson is the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that held flag burning is protected speech under the First Amendment.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: opinion in Texas v. Johnson
Target entity description: The opinion in Texas v. Johnson is the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that held flag burning is protected speech under the First Amendment.
  • A. Employment Division v. Smith
    Employment Division v. Smith is a landmark 1990 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed protections for religious practices under the Free Exercise Clause by upholding the enforcement of neutral, generally applicable laws even when they incidentally burden religion.
  • B. South Dakota v. Dole
    South Dakota v. Dole is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to condition federal highway funds on states adopting a minimum drinking age of 21, helping define the scope of the federal spending power.
  • C. United States v. Lopez
    United States v. Lopez is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that marked the first time in decades the Court struck down a federal law for exceeding Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause, signaling a revival of limits on federal regulatory authority.
  • D. Printz v. United States
    Printz v. United States is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel state or local officials to implement federal regulatory programs.
  • E. DeBoer v. Snyder
    DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a257c3d0708190b0871c4269d273e6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25cef84ac81908fcc175b7f89653b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a36961e5688190b3a1ff61bb06233c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a369de04048190b2dc01cc328e644d completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a36a48d5a88190a727fec1c25a1d5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:20 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.